Improvement in fur collars



i ttnidtetw @attent @Wine To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. KAPPELHOFF and SAMUEL RAUH, of thecity, county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fur Collars; and we do hereby declare the fellowing to heya. full, clear, 'and exact description thereof', which will enable those skilledin the art to make and use the sam e,referenee being had to the accompanying drawing hrming part of' this specification, in which drawingi ,i

Figure 1 represents a front viewof 4this invention when the protector is turned under or removed. i Figure 2 is/a horizontal section of the same. `11`igure 3 is a front view of the same when the protector is turned out.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parte.

This invention frelatesto a fur collar which is pro- `vided with triangular incisionsin the shoulder portion, in such afmanner that itwillreadily' adapt itself to `the form ot the body, audfliesniooth against'the back andthe breast. i

The front of, our collar is open, vand it is provided witha Vprotecting flap, which can be turned under if it is `not very celd, orr which can-he turnedout and `made to close the' frontof` the collar whenever it i's l desirable, and, bytliesejmeanaafur collar'isY obtained which can be adaptedtlo the' existing temperature or tothe habits 'of its wearer, creases the convenience and V and its beauty.'

Inthe drawing-,- i. y Y. 4 .v ,f Thezletter A desi tes afur collar, .which consists i ofthe backapfa ai he breast-,aps b, and which is provided 'with incisi 1s, c, the hack-Hap ,and the-breast-aps, so that .the lsame will readily adapt itself to the curvature of' the shoulnsefnlnefssjof the article JOHN H. KAPPELHOFF AND SAMUEL Raon,- or NEW YORK, N. Y

ders of the person wearingthe same, and thatjzhef a Eaters Patent lv. 165,340, damzfu'y 12, 1870.

t v IMPROVEMENT 1N EUR COLLARS.

`The Schedule referred to`inthese Letters Patent and making part cf the same collar 4will lie fiat and smooth against the back aud against the breast of the body.

The breast-flaps are so shaped that they join at their bottom ends, leaving the front ot` the collaropcn, as shown in fig. 1 ofthe drawing.A

'lo one of the breast-aps, however, is attached a protecting-flap, 1,(see figs. 2 and 3,) which can be turned undithe` breast-flap, leaving the front of the collar open, as shown in iig. 1, or which can be turnedA out, so as to close the front ot' the collar, as shownm fig. 3. By these means a fur collar is obtained iwliich can be worn open' or closed, according to the existing temperaturefguul which, on account of its peculiar pattern, fits nicely to the body of the person wearing the same. y

The front of the collar may be ornamented by't'alse' flaps d, and these false iaps, as well as the-border of the collar may vbe made ot' different fur from Athe rest,` s oasv to give "its back-'lian and breast-naps, with incisions c, as shown `'and described. v

2. lhe..protecting-flap. tl,.in combination with the open breajstcollar A, aslst lforth. f This specificationsigned by us this 1st day of' J une,

JOHN H. 'ifi-MPEnaomi., 'SAMUEL RAUH. l

Witnesses.: W. HAUFF,

WAHLERS. 

